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The explosion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on Saturday (January 15) has killed at least three people and sent tsunami waves rolling across the archipelago - damaging villages ...
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, the country's main island, [9] and is part of the highly active Tonga–Kermadec Islands volcanic arc, a subduction zone extending from New Zealand to Fiji. [10] [11] On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated at least a VEI-5.
Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai are the only subaerial parts of the volcano. Hunga Tonga is the eastern island, while Hunga Haʻapai is the western one. They are part of Tonga's Haʻapai group of islands, [15] an island arc formed at the convergent boundary where the Pacific Plate subducts under the Indo-Australian Plate. [6] [16] [17]
Satellite images published by the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNSOT) on January 17 show the impact of a volcanic eruption near Tonga on the Pacific Island nation and the volcano.The Hunga ...
The explosion of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano was the latest in a series of spectacular eruptions. A Twitter user identified as Dr. Faka’iloatonga Taumoefolau posted video showing ...
Dieng Volcanic Complex: 1 Indonesia: 2017 [52] 8 Kuchinoerabu-jima: 4 Japan: 1933 [53] 7 Kelud: 4 Indonesia: 2014 [54] 7 Jabal al-Tair: 3 Yemen: 2007 [55] 6 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai: 5 Tonga: 2022 2021–22 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami: 6 Karangetang: 2 Indonesia: 1992 [56] 5 Mount Tavurvur: 4 Papua New Guinea: 1994 [57 ...
Satellite images of the 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai. This is a sortable list of large eruptions that occurred between 11.7 Ka and 450+ Ma. Uncertainties as to dates and tephra volumes are not restated, and references are not repeated.
An underwater volcano erupted off Tonga on Saturday (January 15) and triggered a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations. Footage on social media showed waves crashing into homes ...